A new multimodal, image-guided, robot-assisted, interstitial brachytherapy for the treatment of head and neck tumors-A preliminary study.

Background: Interstitial brachytherapy (BT) is becoming an accepted treatment option for head and neck cancer patients for whom surgery poses high risks. Multimodal, image-guided, robotic surgery has the potential to allow precise seed implantation into tumors. Our aim was to introduce a new multimodal, image-guided surgical robot during the performance of interstitial BT for the treatment of tumors in the head and neck regions.

Sirt1 mediates improvement of isoflurane-induced memory impairment following hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning in middle-aged mice.

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) preconditioning (PC) has been suggested as a feasible method to provide neuroprotection from postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). However, whether HBO-PC can ameliorate cognitive deficits induced by isoflurane, and the possible mechanism by which it may exert its effect, has not yet been clarified. In the present study, middle-aged mice were exposed to isoflurane anesthesia (1.

[Effect of diammonium glycyrrhizinate and phospholipids complex oninflammatory gene expression induced by palmitic acid].

To investigate the effect of glycyrrhizinate and phospholipids (DGPL) complex on inflammatory gene expression in cell inflammation model induced by palmitic acid (PA). Huh7 cells were divided into control, PA and PA+DGPL groups. For control group, cells were treated with BSA; for PA group, cells were incubated with 0.

Accuracy improvement capability of advanced projectile based on course correction fuze concept.

Improvement in terminal accuracy is an important objective for future artillery projectiles. Generally it is often associated with range extension. Various concepts and modifications are proposed to correct the range and drift of artillery projectile like course correction fuze.

Increased expression of MUC-1 has close relation with patient survivor in high-grade salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma.

Purpose: High-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is an infrequent malignant neoplasm originates most commonly in the salivary glands with poor prognosis. Thus far, there is little knowledge on MUC-1 expression in high-grade MEC or how it may relate to patient survival. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of MUC-1 expression in high-grade MEC and correlate expression with clinic outcome.